Hi Michael,

Please try the DISK=[DEV_PREFIX="sd"] suggested in the other thread.

Best,

-Tino
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Michael Curran
<michael.cur...@connectsolutions.com> wrote:
> I am going to need some help here –
>
>
>
> This is my vmdk of my newly created VM in esxi
>
>
>
> # Disk DescriptorFile
>
> version=1
>
> encoding="UTF-8"
>
> CID=f1e2794a
>
> parentCID=ffffffff
>
> isNativeSnapshot="no"
>
> createType="vmfs"
>
>
>
> # Extent description
>
> RW 104857600 VMFS "disk-flat.vmdk"
>
>
>
> # The Disk Data Base
>
> #DDB
>
>
>
> ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
>
> ddb.thinProvisioned = "1"
>
> ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
>
> ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
>
> ddb.geometry.cylinders = "6527"
>
> ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 9c 90 c8 f3 b6-e8 29 f5 b1 e9 06 1e fa"
>
> ddb.longContentID = "b9be76ceadf9b33d726bc7f9f1e2794a"
>
> ddb.deletable = "true"
>
> ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"
>
> ddb.toolsVersion = "8300"
>
>
>
>
>
> Note that the ddb.adapterType is already set to lsilogic
>
>
>
> However when I log into vSphere, the disk is attached as IDE (0:0) and I
> have set image BUS and template devices as shown in the previous post about
> this
>
>
>
> Is there an option I am missing somewhere that is not creating the root
> drive as SCSI?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
> From: Michael Curran
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:08 PM
>
>
> To: Michael Curran; Nicolas Bélan; users@lists.opennebula.org
> Subject: RE: [one-users] Add Volatile disk
>
>
>
> I thought I found the issue – Tried the following
>
>
>
> In the oneimage I am using I added
>
>
>
> BUS=”SCSI”
>
>
>
> In the onetemplate I am using I added
>
>
>
> Under the DISK section of the template
>
> BUS="scsi"
>
> Under the RAW section of the tehmplate
>
> RAW=[
> DATA="<devices><controller type='scsi' index='0'
> model='lsilogic'/></devices>",
> TYPE="vmware" ]
>
> However I still do not get a SCSI boot disk or SCSI driver instantiated –
> anything I can add to this to help define why its coming up as an IDE root
> volume instead of SCSI ?? The original VM shows as SCSI.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
> From: users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org
> [mailto:users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org] On Behalf Of Michael Curran
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:05 PM
> To: Nicolas Bélan; users@lists.opennebula.org
> Subject: Re: [one-users] Add Volatile disk
>
>
>
> I think I found the issue – the disk is not attaching as SCSI – because
> there are no SCSI devices defined for use
>
>
>
> Going to go back and re-create the Template and make sure the disks are
> setup to use SCSI.
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
> From: Michael Curran
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 1:32 PM
> To: Michael Curran; Nicolas Bélan; users@lists.opennebula.org
> Subject: RE: [one-users] Add Volatile disk
>
>
>
> More details now –
>
>
>
> So, in Sunstone GUI I see an ID 2 for my volatile disk
>
>
>
> When I add it as raw, I don’t see it use
> /var/lib/one/remotes/vmm/attach_disk – just creates a raw disk and is done
> (nothing exists in the volumes)
>
>
>
> It does not appear to use vim-cmd when it creates --
>
>
>
> When I try to detach the the disk it does this
>
>
>
> Mon Aug 12 08:24:38 2013 [VMM][I]: Successfully execute virtualization
> driver operation: attach_disk.
> Mon Aug 12 08:24:38 2013 [VMM][I]: VM Disk successfully attached.
> Mon Aug 12 08:28:59 2013 [VMM][I]: VM successfully rebooted.
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][I]: Command execution fail:
> /var/tmp/one/vmm/vmware/detach_disk 'one-2' '/vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2'
> 'hdc' '2' 2 10.7.0.55
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][E]: : Command " vim-cmd
> vmsvc/device.diskremove 20 0 2 /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2" failed: Failed to
> find a controller with the specified bus number.
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][E]: Could not detach from one-2
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 255
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][I]: Failed to execute virtualization driver
> operation: detach_disk.
> Mon Aug 12 10:20:14 2013 [VMM][E]: Error detaching VM Disk: Could not detach
> from one-2
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
> From: users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org
> [mailto:users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org] On Behalf Of Michael Curran
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:16 PM
> To: Nicolas Bélan; users@lists.opennebula.org
> Subject: Re: [one-users] Add Volatile disk
>
>
>
> Thanks Nicolas ---
>
>
>
> But you cannot install packages into VMware ESXi , and I did add it as a raw
> disk – it does attach it to the instance from the console, when I look in
> the instance directory I do not see an extra vmdk file
>
>
>
> Also looking at the edit settings in Vmware – I don’t see an additional SCSI
> disk
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
> From: users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org
> [mailto:users-boun...@lists.opennebula.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Bélan
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 11:24 AM
> To: users@lists.opennebula.org
> Subject: Re: [one-users] Add Volatile disk
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> mkfs.ntfs is provided by ntfs-3g package on most linux.
> You should install it and retry I think
> Or perhaps (not tested by myselft) use a raw disk and format it inside your
> windows. I never installed windows on opennebula, I can not give you more
> advice.
>
> Best regards
> Nicolas
>
> Le 12/08/13 16:45, Michael Curran a écrit :
>
> I need to add a raw disk to be used with a windows VM – and this is the
> error message I get in the logs for the VM
>
>
>
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][E]: mkimage: Command "export
> PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]:
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: if [ ! -d /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2 ];
> then
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: mkdir -p /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: fi
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]:
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: mkfs -t NTFS /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2"
> failed: sh: mkfs: not found
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][E]: Could not create image
> /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 127
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][I]: Failed to execute transfer manager driver
> operation: tm_attach.
> Mon Aug 12 07:09:53 2013 [VMM][E]: Error attaching new VM Disk: Could not
> create image /vmfs/volumes/102/2/disk.2
>
>
>
> This is trying to use mkfs to create a NTFS volume, when you cannot do
> anything with VMware except attach a raw disk, there are no mkfs tools that
> will build and attach it as a NTFS volume
>
>
>
> When I look up how to add a disk via ESXi command-line this is what I find
> ---- which is a completely different command than shown
>
>
>
> It says add a disk to VM 16 that is 10g in size as SCSI device 0:2 using
> datastore1
>
>
>
> vim-cmd vmsvc/device.diskadd 16 10000 scsi0 2 datastore1
>
>
>
> The unique thing is though, that I cannot run that as oneadmin, because it
> fails – which means I cannot add a disk to the VM
>
>
>
> # vim-cmd vmsvc/device.diskadd 20 15000 scsi 0 1 102
>
> Reconfigure failed
>
>
>
> And if I try to add the disk via vSphere , it cannot really add it because
> the disk currently in use is technically SCSI0:0 , but vSphere is still
> expecting SCSI0:0 as the next disk.
>
>
>
> Does this sound like a bug, if so I can create a bug report on this instead.
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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